MA: Recognizing Language Diversity Act (Failed)

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

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Sponsor: Siren

[Anna Komnene]

Excerpt from a post I made in my Assembly Office Thread

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This bill encourages and develops the linguistic diversity we already have by giving schools the resources they need to teach foreign languages at an early age.  Even though we already teach languages in high school and a bit in middle school, the best time to learn a language is when children a young.  If children are exposed to many languages at an early ages like they are in many European countries, they grow up to be multi-lingual.  As we get older, it gets harder to learn languages, so in a way, passing this bill will help ensure the money we already spend on foreign language education will actually work.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Here's the GM analysis:

Congrats on being confirmed!  I'd like a cost analysis for the following bill in the Mideast please.

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OFFICIAL ESTIMATE

The total annual cost of Section 1 will be $5.8 billion dollars. The region can expect to pay $3.2 billion to schools under Sections 2-5.

EDIT: Specified that cost is annual.

Just to clarify - $3.2B is what the region would pay in addition to what it is already paying if this bill was enacted, correct?

That is correct.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

This is just too big of a price tag for me to be comfortable with.  We've already depleted our surplus enough for now, I think.  Without some type of funding mechanism, I'll be opposing this.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

We'll now bring this to a final vote.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.  This will be a 48-hour vote.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

NAY

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Nay

[Filuwaúrdjan]

aye

[DC Al Fine]

Nay

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Voting is now closed.  The AYEs are 2, and the NAYs are 3.  The NAYs have it, and the bill has failed.